Entry Word: crude

Function: adjective

Meaning: 1 being such as found in nature and not altered by processing or refining <a spill of crude oil along a coastline is the worst kind of environmental disaster>

Synonyms native, natural, raw, undressed, unprocessed, unrefined, untreated

Related Words undeveloped; roughhewn, unfinished, unpolished; unbaked, uncooked; impure, unfiltered, unpurified

Phrases in the rough

Near Antonyms filtered, pure, purified

Antonyms dressed, processed, refined, treated

2 belonging to or characteristic of an early level of skill or development <the crude stone tools that those prehistoric peoples used> — see primitive 1
3 depicting or referring to sexual matters in a way that is unacceptable in polite society <crude jokes can be considered sexual harassment> — see obscene 1
4 lacking in refinement or good taste <any discussion of oneʼs money is considered crude by the clubʼs members> — see coarse 2
5 hastily or roughly constructed <a crude hut that was constructed by some shipwrecked sailors> — see rude 1